lifer
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- noun
- /ˈlaɪfər/
- Jargon
:
condenado a cadena perpetua
- You don't know what it's like being in there with the lifers, man.
- lifer parole
- lifer in prison
- eligible lifers
Letting some lifers out gave them hope.
- Letting some lifers out gave them hope.
- But, you know, there's so many kids in prison now for for joint enterprise and two strike lifers.
- But what I do know is that a lot of lifers at one time of their sentence, they fancy a bit of affection.
- And that guy was a Samoan guy and he was a lifer.
Examples
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One of the prisoners is Pete, a huge barrel of a man, a lifer—beaten by the system and a lifetime of incarceration.
Fiction book (1992) -
I guess you're a lifer, pal, just like me.
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Seek revenge your whole life and become a lifer in here.
Fiction book (1998) -
Why would a lifer not flee as fast on foot as they could?
Blog text (34) -
Letting some lifers out gave them hope.
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A loyal son, now working for a literacy program to help prisoners learn to read, teaches a once illiterate lifer, suddenly able to quote Oscar Wilde and Tolstoy.
Blog text (29) -
He is serving a life sentence, so he is considered a lifer.
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After being convicted, she became a lifer in the state prison.
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Many lifers find it difficult to adjust to life outside after spending decades in prison.
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Etymology
The word lifer comes from life and the ending -er, just like teacher names someone who teaches. In prison, a 'lifer' is someone given a 'life' sentence, so the word means a prisoner who will stay in jail for life.